We're all going to die. But probably not of this. Remember that total mortality of the 1918 Spanish Flu was "only" 3-5% of the population. I think that it is not as virulent as it was first thought to be, or it would already have jumped borders more quickly than it has. But it could mutate. Bottom line: WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY. Works better than alcohol gel.

Only a few hundred people have died worldwide from this strain of coronavirus, while there have been at least 10,000 deaths from influenza, with 19 million people getting the flu and an estimated 180,000 being hospitalized with the flu, yet people still won't get a flu shot. These are the same people freaking out about coronavirus.

Writing in from China. This thing is super contagious, and it doesn’t show symptoms for one to two weeks. It’s bad news if you’re a senior citizen, worse if you’re a smoker or asthmatic, and otherwise nothing to worry about. The most important thing is, as Rip said, to wash your hands frequently. Here in China, you wouldn’t want to get a ton of people in a room together, either. Other than that, I wouldn’t focus on it too much.